Wednesday, April 28, 2010

His Name Was Jason

It's pretty obvious that I'm a Nightmare On Elm Street fan. None of the rest of the Big Five can hold my attention the way Freddy and that coolass glove of his can.
That being said, I want to be a Friday The 13th fan, too. I'm just too damn lazy. Counting both Freddy Versus Jason and the remake, there's twelve Friday movies and that just too dang many. I've seen three (one, two and FvJ).
Maybe when I'm done with Movie Lottery I'll start in watching all the Fridays. But only if all of the unrated versions have been released (I know the first three were, I don't know if the other several made it). I ain't interested in the rated versions. As the director of one of the movies (I don't remember which one) said: "The MPAA raped my movie."
His Name Was Jason certainly gave me a bit more incentive to want to watch all the Friday The 13ths, if only to appreciate His Name Was Jason a little bit more. It was a cool documentary, but it seemed sort of rushed and abbreviated.
"Here's a summary of each of the movies. Let's talk about the characters. Here's some stuff about Jason in pop culture. Now we're talking about some of the cooler kills in the series. These movies were more censored than they should've been. Hey, they're making a remake. Documentary over. Bye." The end.
In spite of that, I caught myself checking the clock every three minutes. How can a ninety minute movie seem so long when everything in it seems rushed?
I'm going to blame all the stuff I didn't like about His Name Was Jason on the fact that I didn't see all the movies.
If, when I get myself a copy, I give Never Sleep Again: The Legacy Of A Nightmare On Elm Street rave reviews, you just roll your eyes and chuckle to yourself and say "Oh, Sally, you biased ding dong."

End of line.
-Sally

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